"City Utilities wants residents to know that opening fire hydrants can be extremely dangerous."

When the Missouri Board of Education yanked the charters for five schools operated by Imagine Inc., the real estate investment trust that owned the school properties suddenly spotted "a cloud in an otherwise sunny picture.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Cooper Lighting LLC, today announced a voluntary recall of the Portfolio 7-inch reflector assembly with glass lens.

Now that the dust has settled over the running-mate choices on the Republican and Democratic sides in the race for governor, the differing responses given to each announcement by the parties should be noted.